Three novel photoisomeric compounds of the 4-acyl pyrazolone derivants: Crystal structures and substituent effects on photo-isomerism in solid state

Three new photoisomeric compounds: 1,3-diphenyl-4-benzal-5-pyrazolone 4-methylthiosemicarbazone (DPBP-MTSC), 1,3-diphenyl-4-(4′-methylbenzal)-5-pyrazolone 4-methylthiosemicarbazone (DP4MBP- MTSC), and 1,3-diphenyl-4-(4′-bromobenzal)-5-pyrazolone 4-methylthiosemicarbazone (DP4BrBP-MTSC) were synthesized by direct condensation of pyrazolones and 4-methylthiosemicarbazone. Their struc- tures were confirmed using 1H NMR, IR, elemental analyses, and X-ray crystallographic analyses. The photoisomeric properties in the solid state were studied under UV light irradiation and the photo- isomerization phenomena were interpreted by the double proton-transfer mechanism. Moreover, the effects of different substituent groups at the 4-position of the benzal in the three compounds on the photoisomeric properties were discussed.

Heterometallic copper(Ⅱ) vanadates: synthesis, crystal structures and third-order nonlinear optical properties

Three polymeric heterometallic clusters with 1D, 2D, and 3D frameworks, constructed from a cyclic vanadate {V4O12}4-building block and three geometric constraint ligands, were synthesized by a one-pot self-assembly reaction. Z-scan experiments demonstrated that all the three cluster polymers have large hyperpolarizability γ values. TD-DFT calculations afforded insight into the electronic transitions and spectral characterization of these novel NLO molecular materials.